Autostarting of Pimatic on LattePanda Delta with Ubuntu 16.04 lts fails

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Hey Guy,

i know Pimatic is made for Raspberry 3 but maybe someone can help me anyway

I switched from a Raspberry 3 to a LattePanda … it works fine but i cant it work as a Service I tried both methods that are in the Wiki but the Services fails all the Time.

● pimatic.service - Pimatic home automation framework
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/pimatic.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: activating (auto-restart) (Result: exit-code) since Sa 2019-11-16 22:57:53 CET; 5s ago
Process: 12753 ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/pimatic.js start (code=exited, status=203/EXEC)

Nov 16 22:57:53 leetwerkpanda systemd[1]: Failed to start Pimatic home automation framework.
Nov 16 22:57:53 leetwerkpanda systemd[1]: pimatic.service: Unit entered failed state.
Nov 16 22:57:53 leetwerkpanda systemd[1]: pimatic.service: Failed with result ‘exit-code’.

When i try to start it over the GUI from “Webmin” the Logs says:
“Nov 16 22:30:05 leetwerkpanda systemd[4251]: pimatic.service: Failed at step EXEC spawning /usr/local/bin/pimatic.js: No such file or directory
– Subject: Process /usr/local/bin/pimatic.js could not be executed”

i tried already to copy just the file to it but this do not work. At moment i can only start / stop Pimatic over “sudo pimatic.js [start|stop|status|restart]”

Anyone that has more Skill in Linux and can help to get it working?

Have you performed:

cd ./node_modules/pimatic
npm install
sudo npm link

To install Pimatic globally? Seems you are missing a symbolic link /usr/local/bin/pimatic.js

@dan
hey Dan,

yep i do this but i think i do it wrong because unter “Pimatic-app” -> “Node_Modules” wars all the Stuff thats normaly unter “pimatic-app\node-modules\Pimatic”.

i delete all the wrong files and tried it again but its the same the Service fails

But “sudo pimatic.js [start|stop|status|restart]” works fine

The link is still missing in “/usr/local/bin/” the folder is empty but the other link “/usr/lib/node_modules/pimatic” is there and works.

*pi@leetwerkpanda:~/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic$ npm install
audited 2818 packages in 6.466s

3 packages are looking for funding.
Run “npm fund” to find out more.
pi@leetwerkpanda:~/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic$ sudo npm link
audited 2818 packages in 7.66s

3 packages are looking for funding.
Run “npm fund” to find out more.
found 68 vulnerabilities (14 low, 38 moderate, 15 high, 1 critical)
run npm audit fix to fix them, or npm audit for details
/usr/bin/pimatic.js -> /usr/lib/node_modules/pimatic/pimatic.js
/usr/lib/node_modules/pimatic -> /home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic*

And in “usr/lib/node_modules/” is only a NPM folder and the Link “pimatic”, is maybe the problem that he wants to link "/usr/bin/pimatic.js " to “/usr/lib/node_modules/pimatic/pimatic.js” ? Because there is no “pimatic/pimatic.js” there is only the link that brings you to “/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic”

@tehmilcho
Output from my dir listings:

pi@pimatic:/usr/local/bin $ ll
total 36496
-rwxr-xr-x 1 1001 1001 37367840 Aug 15 20:36 node
lrwxrwxrwx 1 1001 1001       38 Aug 15 20:36 npm -> ../lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js
lrwxrwxrwx 1 1001 1001       38 Aug 15 20:36 npx -> ../lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npx-cli.js
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       38 Oct  9 15:24 pimatic.js -> ../lib/node_modules/pimatic/pimatic.js
pi@pimatic:/usr/local/bin $ cd ../lib/node_modules
pi@pimatic:/usr/local/lib/node_modules $ ll
total 4
drwxr-xr-x 10 1001 1001 4096 Aug 15 20:36 npm
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root   41 Oct  9 17:30 pimatic -> /home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic

As you see /usr/local/bin/pimatic.js indirectly links to <pimatic-app>/node_modules/pimatic/pimatic.js

Also: check your (assuming you spawn the daemon under root) root-user $PATH via env under a root-shell to make sure it contains /usr/local/bin

hey,

via “ll” got 438 but only to related to Pimatic:

-rwxr-xr-x 1 pi pi 944 Jun 27 13:27 pimatic.js*
-rw-rw-r-- 1 pi pi 427 Nov 16 21:25 pimatic.service

and with root “env” i have:

PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games

But who i fix this? Because i run all the stuff that stands in the wiki

@tehmilcho If your /usr/local/lib correctly points to <pimatic-app>/node_modules/pimatic as you mentioned, try:

cd /usr/local/bin
ln -s ../lib/node_modules/pimatic/pimatic.js pimatic.js

@dan
hey,
just in the moment i google it… and fixed it with

sudo ln -s /home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/pimatic.js /usr/local/bin/pimatic.js

@tehmilcho said in Autostarting of Pimatic on LattePanda Delta with Ubuntu 16.04 lts fails:

@dan
hey,
just in the moment i google it… and fixed it with

sudo ln -s /home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic/pimatic.js /usr/local/bin/pimatic.js

Same as my suggestion Didnt even need Google, just a few drinks

@dan
should i use yours or does it no matter? Just did i quick test with my Pimatic starts and stops (i have to stop it fast because a pimatic with the same config and devices runs at moment on my old Raspberry )

Any idear why it not work over the default way of the Wiki?

@tehmilcho said in Autostarting of Pimatic on LattePanda Delta with Ubuntu 16.04 lts fails:

@dan
should i use yours or does it no matter? Just did i quick test with my Pimatic starts and stops (i have to stop it fast because a pimatic with the same config and devices runs at moment on my old Raspberry )

Any idear why it not work over the default way of the Wiki?

Practically it doesnt matter. theoretically if you use mine its more flexible. and remember the old adagio: If it ain’t broken, don’t fix it!

@dan Okay then i use yours So next step is to figure out why is Iobroker bugi as sh!t and who i get my RaZberry Zwave Module to work on a LattePanda

Big Thanks to you @Dan

@tehmilcho said in Autostarting of Pimatic on LattePanda Delta with Ubuntu 16.04 lts fails:

@dan Okay then i use yours So next step is to figure out why is Iobroker bugi as sh!t and who i get my RaZberry Zwave Module to work on a LattePanda

Big Thanks to you @Dan

No thanks, good to hear it is working! Can’t help you with IOBroker or ZWave mod though, sorry for that!

Np But its wars hard to see that “IObroker” that hyped think is just so bugi and hard to use in compare with Pimatic

@tehmilcho said in Autostarting of Pimatic on LattePanda Delta with Ubuntu 16.04 lts fails:

Np But its wars hard to see that “IObroker” that hyped think is just so bugi and hard to use in compare with Pimatic

Stick with Pimatic…seriously, most user-friendly overall!

@dan yep thats my plan but i want use Iobroker for Alexa Support and to push stuff in Pimatic thats Pimatic not support but i think it will be not that easy as a plant … and Iobroker does nothing in the moment and grabs already 400MB RAM … what a shame